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- P-ISSN 1976-3735
- E-ISSN 3091-8685
- P-ISSN1976-3735
- E-ISSN3091-8685
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[Research Article] The Demise of the British Military Commitment to Korea, 1979-1993
The Journal of Northeast Asian History / The Journal of Northeast Asian History, (P)1976-3735; (E)3091-8685
2024, v.21 no.1, pp.219-258
https://doi.org/10.23037/JNAH.2024.21.1.008
(Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
Won,
T.
J.
(2024). [Research Article] The Demise of the British Military Commitment to Korea, 1979-1993. , 21(1), 219-258, https://doi.org/10.23037/JNAH.2024.21.1.008
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Abstract
Since the end of the Korean War, Britain had maintained a military presence in South Korea, the most visible element of which was the British contingent to the United Nations Honor Guard. The British Ministry of Defense began calling for the withdrawal of this commitment from the 1970s in view of budgetary constraints and the possibility of Britain being involved in another conflict on the Korean peninsula. This argument was thwarted by the British Foreign Office until the mid-1980s on account of the commitment’s importance in the dynamics of Anglo-American relations. However, the decision to hand over Hong Kong to China and the discovery of the absence of a Status of Forces Agreement protecting the rights of British military personnel in Korea meant that the Foreign Office could no longer resist the demands of the Ministry of Defense, leading to the withdrawal of British troops from Korea in 1993.
- keywords
- #Britain #Korean War #United Nations Command #Military Armistice Commission #Commonwealth Liaison Mission #Status of Forces Agreement
- Received
- 2024-09-12
- Revised
- 2024-11-26
- Accepted
- 2024-12-11
- Published
- 2024-12-31
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